Carmel Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.55° N 121.93° W

Carmel Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Carmel Beach sea temperature is
18.9°C
4.4° 

Carmel Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Carmel Beach today (01 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Carmel Beach at 6AM is: 1.2m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Nov)4ft (1.2m)16s
Afternoon (01 Nov)4ft (1.2m)15s
Evening (01 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)15s

Table - waves today at Carmel Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun afternoon, min 13°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
8 PM
11 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
3
3
0
0
0
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
17
1.2
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
15
1
WNW
20
1.2
WNW
20
1.4
NW
19
1.7
WNW
18
1.7
WNW
18
1.9
WNW
18
1.9
WNW
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
322
818
742
733
733
724
561
621
505
411
530
840
1024
1519
2031
1922
2162
2113
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
20
W
5
WNW
10
N
15
NW
25
NW
20
NW
10
NNE
5
N
10
NE
15
ENE
0
NNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
W
5
E
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-off
off
glassy
on
on
on
glassy
High Tide
5:53AM1.22m
3:47PM1.50m
6:42AM1.30m
5:14PM1.39m
Low Tide
10:22PM-0.14m
10:10AM0.98m
11:26PM-0.06m
11:48AM0.84m
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2
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Temp °C
15
15
15
14
14
15
16
15
15
14
14
13
13
16
16
16
15
15
Feels °C
13
13
12
10
13
12
12
10
11
13
13
11
10
15
14
15
14
15
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